PICTURES FROM ITALY 📚: with Pete Orford
PICTURES FROM ITALY 📚: with Pete Orford  
Podcast: Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! 🔥
Published On: Sat Aug 16 2025
Description: In the July of 1844 Dickens, his wife Catherine, their five children, his sister-in-law Georgina - plus three servants and their dog Timber - left London for Italy. What followed was an extraordinary adventure for them all.Returning to the series to talk to Dominic about his new Oxford University Press edition of Pictures From Italy is the inimitable Dr. Pete Orford also returning to read excerpts from the book is the brilliant actor Tom Andrews ...The recording Vivaldi's Four Seasons has been granted under license from Epidemic Sound Support the showIf you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrardThank you so much!Host: Dominic GerrardSeries Artwork: Léna GibertOriginal Music: Dominic GerrardThank you for listening!